Cabinet.



PATENTED 0019, 1906.

J. HSK.

CABINET, APPLICATION FILED AUG'. 11| 1905.

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laryv PATENTED 00T. 9, 1906.

J. FISK.

CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.11,1905.

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JOSEPH FISK, OF MANISTEFJ, MICHIGAN.

CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

Application filed August 11l 1905. Serial No. 273,801.

Be it known that I, JOSEPH FIsK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Manistee, in the county of Manistee and State of Michigan,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cabinets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to cabinets designed for holding and displayingarticles of merchandise, and especially laces, ribbons, and all classesof fabrics adapted to be rolled or wound upon a frame.

The invention consists of a central standard, arms radiating from thestandard, movable frames carried by said arms, and rotatable wire framescarried by the movable frames and adapted to hold the goods displayed.

The invention also consists in the novel features of construction andcombination of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims,and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of my device in use. Fig. 2 is a plan view, clips andsigns being removed. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail elevation of a portionof the device. Fig. 4 is a detail view, partly in section, showing themanner of holding the frames in the arms. Fig. 5 is a detail perspectiveView showing the construction of the frame and arm with track-section.Fig. 6 is-a sectional view on the line 6 6 of Fig. 7, showing the mannerof securing the rotatable frames in the movable frames. Fig. 7 is asection on the line 7 7 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8 8of Fig. 6. Fig. 9 is a detaill perspective view of a portion of the endof one of the rotatable frames.

In the drawings, A represents a base having a standard A fixed orrotatable, as may be desired, which standard carries circular platformsA2 and A3. On the upper face of the platform A2 is arranged a pluralityof radial arms B, and similar arms B are carried by the under face ofthe platform A3, all of the arms extending beyond the platform and in ahorizontal plane. The arms carry vertically-arranged cog-tracks B ontheir upper and lower faces, respectively. The upper arms B also carryadjacent their outer ends clips C or any other suitable means forholding placards C. Resting on the lower arms B and held between thelower and upper arms are slidable rectangular frames D,

the top and bottom members of the frames being grooved, as shown at D,to receive a portion of the track-sections.

The top and bottom members ofthe frame D extend inwardly beyond theframe, and a vertical rod E is journaled in the extended portions and atone side of the groove D. These rods, of which there will be as many asthere are frames, carry pinions or spur-gears E at their upper and lowerends, which pinions mesh with the upper and lower cogtracks Brespectivelyl The gears E at the upper ends of the rods mesh or engagewith the cog portion of the track B carried by the upper arms B, andthose at the lower ends engage the track B carried by the lower arms B.

The side members of the frames D lare longitudinally, grooved as shownat D2, and provided with a plurality of transverse intersecting groovesD3, and plates G are arranged over the said grooves and are formed witha slot G terminating in a recess G2,which registers with the groove D2,over which the plate rests. Each plate G has an inwardlyextending lugG3, through which works a plunger H, having a head H and actuated by aspring H2, secured at one end to the plunger and bearing at the op ositeend on the uppermost lug G3. To ho d the lace or other articles ofmerchandise to be displayed, I provide a plurality of preferably wireframes J, which at each end have a projecting tongue J', and thesesupplemental frames J are arranged transversely in the frames D, severalto each frame, the tongues extending into the grooves D2 and resting inthe recesses G2 of the plates G. The frames are held in position bymeans of the plungers H, the heads of which bear downwardly on the innerend portions of the tongues and prevent them from rising in the recessesG2 or from rotating. The tension of the springs H2, however, is notsuflicient to prevent the frames J from being lifted out of place whenit is desired to remove them.

The object of the tracks and spur-gears is to give a positive, steady,and uniform movement to the frames when it is desired to draw themoutwardly and-slide them back into position, and all tendency on thepart of the frames to bind is thus obviated. Any suitable material maybe employed in constructing the device and any number of main orsupplemental frames employed.

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Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as newfand desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A device of the kind described comprising a central standard, aplurality of radiallyeXtending cog-track sections extending from saidstandard and arranged in upper and -loWer sets, a plurality of framesarranged prising a plurality of movable rectangular trames having theirside members longitudinally grooved upon their inner faces, a pluralityof supplemental rectangular frames adapted to .rest transversely Withinthe frames iirst mentioned, each of said supplemental Jframes having a`flat projecting tongue at each end, said tongues being adapted to extendinto the longitudinal groove, plates carried by the first-mentionedframe and covering the groove, the said plates having recesses in whichthe tongues of the supplemental frames rest, and a spring-pressedplunger carried by the said plates and Working in the groove and adaptedto bear upon the said tongues, as and for the purpose mentioned.

4. A device of the kind described comprising a plurality ofradially-arranged open frames, a plurality of cog-track sectionsarranged adjacent said Jframes, spur-gears carried by the frames landadapted to engage said tracks, and a lurality of transversely-arrangeddetachalldle, su plemental frames carried by each of the st-mentionedframes and adapted to. carry articles ofmerchandise Wound thereon as andfor the purpose set forth.

JOSEPH FISK.

Witnesses: GEORGE GILLHooLEY, G. F. KNoWLEs.'

